martin luther king, jr. room was chosen because it was the most insular room in the house, and those phone calls sometimes lasted for hours. so that is the actual phone in which dr. king would receive the presidents phone calls that came into this house. things were very volatile. the country was aware of how volatile things were in selma, and in the south. the dr. king and the president kept, i don't want to say regular calls, but they did have a direct connection on a semi-frequent basis to discuss what was going on, what would repair the country, and exactly what both men needed to keep this country on track and to keep violence down. >> then we've got to come up with the qualifications of voters. that will answer 70% of your problems. >> that's right. >> if you just clear it out everywhere and make it a and reason right. no tests on what chaucer said or memorizing anything else. then you have to put them in a e post office can let the postmaster, let the federal employee that i control >> the dining room

martin luther king. so i a vice wanted to do that. >> host: you focus a lot on james earl ray's life how he and martin luther king, jr. finally intersect. what did you learn about james earl ray did you didn't know? the story has been pulled over and over but i have found so many things that i personally did not know. what did you discover? >> guest: much of ray's life reveals 1960s america. he was a mysterious know but it came out of nowhere. we know less about james earl ray. he was a man who reflects where america was the 1960s. grow poor in missouri and lived in illinois. as part is his family was during the civil war he had no shoes and yet torn clothing. he was treated terribly as a boy and then he committed petty crimes. he was in prison for 13 years and he escaped from prison. petty crime, he held up a grocery store and he and his partner in crime stole $120. for that robbery rate was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. he escaped in the spring of 1967. would he go back to crime or something else? he try to discover himself again. went to california and he went to mexico. he posed as a writer. he bough

martin luther king jr.hat has been the reaction so far about what you have heard about meghan markle's personal touches? >> i spoke to someone who was with her the night before the wedding. i asked about the feminism side. i asked is it a message? she said no. she's doing it the way she wants to do it. to do things your own way, express your own character is incredibly hard do especially for a foreigner who doesn't understand the system. perhaps it worked in her fay var. i have to say, the royal family allowed her to be herself which of course they didn't do with diana to disasterous effect. it. >> was refreshing once you realize this ceremony is different. it's you nuke. it's about meghan and harry. >> and all inclusive. >> thanks. >>> excellent kcoverage. let's continue with richard. >> long day yesterday. >> indeed. it was extraordinary. this was a ceremony with global reach on social media. there's never been anything bigger. we had our first american princess. she was able to choose so much as harry wa

hope in the deeper sense of martin luther king jr.lues says never be optimistic, never be pessimistic. to be full of hope is to be in action in movement. intellectually, in motion, spiritually. so i am in no way, my brother, optimistic. i have never been an optimist. never been a moment in human history where we have grounds for optimist. no, hope is about creating the n new evidence. and therefore not conforming to the idols but rather being nonconformist in light of a love of justice, a tenderness, a sweetness and then you go to meet your maker with a smile. >> and action, that is where you put the focus. >> just a courageous vision, courageous action, courageous grin, courageous touch. action takes a number of different forms. it is not just hitting the streets and going to jail. some of us can do that. some of us must have a willingness to die. you can think, you can be a poet. kendrick lamar is an activist and a poet and that is a form of action. yourself as high quality journalist, that is a form of action. you don't need to hit

we're also hearing from bernice king, the daughter of martin luther king jr. she's calling for a boycott. >> that's right. bernice king, daughter of martin luther king jr., tweeting, "family, let's stay out of @wafflehouse until they start to implement changes." >> pierre thank you. the controversy swirling over what was said inside the white house about john mccain. mccain expressed strong reservations over the president's cia nominee. now it's learned that a staffer at the white house said of his opinion, it doesn't matter. he's dying anyway. mccain's daughter is ask how is this person still employed. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, no explanation, no acknowledgement and no apology from the white house. >> i'm not going to validate a leak one way or the other out of an internal staff meeting. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders refusing repeatedly to address comments made by a white house aide, who dismissed john mccain's opposition to the president's nominee to lead the cia, saying "it doesn't matter, he's dying anyway." mccain is battling br

martin luther king jr. used as his headquarters as he planned the selma to montgomery mart, is featured in the book the house on this side of the road. >> there is a photographer here, who worked for life magazine at the time who is embedded in the house, and he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair that dr. king was sitting in that night watching the television. president johnson addressed the nation. >> we will make the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 pm eastern, and american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s, and visit several locations around the town that are integral to the movement. then a visit to the edmund pettis bridge that they played in selma after the battle of civil rights >> err on the goes over this bridge, they see the name, and they wa

tonight on c-span2, but tv is in prime time with a look at martin luther king jr. and the civil-rights movement. joseph rosenblum recounts the last 31 hours of the life of martin luther king jr. in his book redemption. james swanson retraces events leading up to the assassination of martin luther king jr. in his book chasing king's killer. political science professor at brooklyn college discusses the history of the civil-rights movement in her book a more beautiful and terrible history. but tv, all this week in prime time on c-span2. >> live, sunday morning a 1958 america in turmoil. we look at the impact of the vietnam war at home. while the war was fought in the jungles of vietnam, student marches and civil disobedience dominated u.s. headlines for joining us to talk about it is doug stanton, author of the odyssey of echo company, 1968 offensive in the epic battle to survive the vietnam war. lynn novick whose recent project with mr. burns was a documentary on the vietnam war. watch at 830 eastern on c-span "washington journal" and on american history tv on c-span

1968, come doctor robert shaw put down his baton to the command of the audience and announced martin luther king jr. had been killed. in ynalia and of course where martin luther king was born and grew up and lived at the time. the concert goes -- they gasped and moaned. clearly i haven't read that part out loud before. [laughter] i toyed the students read your essays out loud so you can catch the errors. the concert goers gasped and moaned and prayed for king and explained the king is dead, long live the king. on the opposite side of the country, james baldwin sat by a swimming pool with the actor billy williams, the phone rang and the phone told him of another tragedy in memphis it took a while before the sound of his voice, i don't mean to sound of his voice but something in his voice got throughce to me. at first she felt numb and then an unbelieving wonder overtook him. he went briefly and finally succumb to a shock. finally that would remain a blur in his memory. he wrote it is retiring in my mind. in blacksburg virginia, hundreds of college students packed an auditorium to watch the senator s

there was a time when martin luther king jr., you know, i'm a little kid. i was, like, in fourth grade, and they said something about liewpt lute. and i said, "oh, my uncle marty. and the teacher said martin luther king jr. is your uncle? and i said yes. my teacher said to my parents, dr. king, it's an honor to meet you. the work your brother is doing? my father is going beauregarde and jerome? no, martin luther king jr. and my parents just sat there in stunned silence. and i got in trouble. i got in trouble. that was my first introduction about it's not good to lie. >> stephen: good, good lie, though. if you've got to lie, that's a really good one. hold on. where? >> do you have presents. >> stephen: you have a new book. >> oh, yes! thank you! >> stephen: called "note to self." this comes for a segment you have done for years on "cbs this morning." >> no, i have to say it is one of the most popular segments on "cbs this morning." and the premise is this: you take famous people, not-so-famous people and ask them to look back in

james swanson retraces events leading up to the assassination of martin luther king jr. jason king's killer. brooklyn college political science professor discusses the history of the civil-rights movement in her book a more beautiful and terrible history. book tv, this week in prime time here on c-span2. >> connect with c-span2 personalize the information you get from us. go to c-span.org/connect and sign up for the e-mail. the program guide is a daily e-mail with the most updated prime time schedule. an upcoming live coverage. word for word gives you the most interesting daily video highlights. in your own words with no commentary. the book tv newsletter sent weekly is an insider look at upcoming authors and book festivals. the american history tv weekly newsletter gives you the upcoming program exploring our nation's past. visit c-span.org/connect and sign up today. c-span "washington journal" live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, and pr correspondent carrie johnson talks about deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and

this is the cell that martin luther king jr. was put into. at 11 years old, i got placed in one of these jails also myself, two times, fighting for the right to vote. and dr. came to selma king got involved in the movement in selma. the movement came with a that involves marching to the courthouse every day, and holding what we call a picket line, holding signs. during thegy, workweek week, when adults had to go to work, they start encouraging students -- walk out of school and go to the picket line. that is what we would do. we would walk out of school, we would go to line up at the church, we would get outside and march from the church down to the courthouse. we would stand in front of the courthouse saying give our appearance -- our parents the right to vote or we want freedom or whatever the sign said. when those school buses showed up to take folks to jail, they put everyone in the line on those buses. they did not let nobody leave. they would put you on the bus, they would write you around the corner to the jail, take you off the bus, ta

the many accolades and awards you forsee for your career you one of the disappearance of the martin luther king jr peace prize not in the fiftieth anniversary of his death as a has a special resonance for you i think of the triplets that he talked about of the triple ill of poverty and racism in militarism so we have not progressed all that much in the last fifty years in a way that when luther king would have wanted so to be a recipient of this prize i don't feel that i have done nearly enough to make his dream a little closer to reality and why isn't the agree rallying figure of of radical american like martin luther king was in the in the one nine hundred sixty s. world figure a managing to. lead an army that's waiting to be led. i think bernie sanders did it during his campaign i was actually shocked i was one of the people as part of a group called progressive democrats of america i'm a green and a progressive democrat that pushed for bernie sanders to run i thought he would do sort of the way that ralph nader had done in his presidential runs maybe two to three percent if he did really well

martin luther king jr. rives in montgomery, alabama, to join the assembly.h is soon surrounded by an angry mob of 3,000 southern whites. >> there's a risk they're going to burn the church down. and king calls the attorney general in washington and says, i need your help. >> hundreds of lives are in danger. bobby realizes he has to act. >> on the issue of civil rights, there's no middle ground. you're either for civil rights or you're against civil rights. >> the attorney general couldn't very well let all these people die. that would have been an immense tragedy. bobby knew that he had to protect them. >> it was really a question of doing the right thing, politics be damned. >> bobby sends in a federal force to protect the lives of martin luther king jr. and the freedom riders. >> and this was bobby's real baptism in terms of what the civil rights movement meant to him. >> bobby kennedy has to be educated. he doesn't come to the civil rights struggle with anything much different than any other wealthy white man of privilege would. >> but after the freedom ri

martin luther king jr., dr. alveda king, to respond to all of that.es of arguments ensue on both sides in the past dating back to your father's time and your uncle's time, and it continues. but the racial term, the fact that someone can be questioning legislation not on a racial ground, but on a merit ground -- i think that was congressman kelly's point of view, congressman waters not making anything of it. what do you makeover it? >> thanks for this opportunity. it's such a key point right now at this point in history. congressman waters is on the wrong frequency, the skin color thing, trying to equate a person's skin color to their race, so to speak. and congressman kelly is actually right when he's saying, look, the nation needs help. the nation is in trouble. here you are playing the race card again, and, you know, my uncle, martin luther king jr -- since you mentioned him, neil -- he said we must learn together as brothers, and i'll add as sisters, or perish together as fools. the only way we're going to do that is get past that skin color argume

martin luther king jr.iversary of his death last month, i spoke with reverend jesse jackson and former ambassador andrew young. it was their first joint visit to the memphis hotel where dr. king was killed in 1968. it was april 4th, 1968, in memphis, tennessee, before andrew young was an ambassador to the world, before injectijes jackson became a groundbreaking political figure. two young men dedicated to the cause of equality led by dr. martin luther king jr. and it was a chilly thursday afternoon at the lorraine motel. >> i was talking to him, telling him he needed a coach. he sort of raised his head to kind of see -- needed a coat. he sort of raised his head to kind of see, test the weather. pow. >> a single shot, and king was dead. he was 39 years old. a half century later, young and jackson return to the very spot where their friend and leader was assassinated. >> his shoes got caught here and knocked him by his shoes. >> a photographer snapped this iconic image as king lay drying. >> we were over ther

this is the home martin luther king jr. used that he planned to sell. , the featured in the book house by the side of the road. whohere was a photographer was embedded in the house and he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson colluding to signing. king washe chair dr. sitting in that night watching the television. president johnson addressed the nation. >> we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city talking about his book marching through the flame. on american history tv, we will look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930's. announcer: university of exploresn historian slavery and reconstruction in the west focusing on kansas and missouri before and after the civil war. here is a preview. volunteers to read this statement? this is the story of a man protecting a slave named caroline. into the cistern, caroline was the word --lured. ordinary people and not so ordinary people were engaged in the process of freeing slaves or protecting blacks on

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and now bernice king, daughter of civil rights leader martin luther king jr.for a boycott of waffle house until she says its corporate office makes some changes. >> that was my colleague there. let's bring in democratic congressman emmanuel cleaver of missouri. i want to get your reaction to the national attention this case, and similar cases with getting lately. but also answer the question -- body cameras on police officers. the fact that everybody on the planet has a cell phone and they're going it to take footage of these kinds of things and they're going to get the video evidence of what happens. is that nothing go to tampa down the behavior of cops who are overly aggressive? >> no, it has not, although i've been a great advocate of police cameras. but i think that in most of these instances people are being so much what they are, that they cannot hold back. doing things that are just absolutely unamerican. you know, i think there's, this unbridled racial conflict taking place in the country right now. at a level that perhaps has been, we've not seen in r

. >> reporter: martin luther king jr. >> the redemptive power of love. >> i think many people tuned ind there was a really interesting bringing together of different ethnicities of blackness which i think is kind of profound. you have an african-american preacher. two parts that were really fascinating about bishop curry's sermon. one just the kind of deep profound commitment to love as the basis of all societies, the basis of politics, of commerce. i mean, he was giving a really profound message in the tradition as he invoked dr. -- reverend dr. martin luther king. ♪ when the night has come >> reporter: who lwill ever forget london. london's kingdom choir, their soulful version of "stand by me" a contemporary choice in a 1,000-year-old chapel. >> it was pretty striking. right away we saw there was a gospel choir. ♪ so arldarling, darling, stand me ♪ they sang "stand by me," which is such a deeply american song. ♪ stand by me ♪ stand by me >> the couple chose their music. they were very hands on about what they wanted to sing and how they wanted it to be sung. ♪ or the mountains should

. >> there has to be people who have a clear vision like john lewis and martin luther king jr. to have a vision yes, we can live in a society where race isn't so divisive and of course, one of the ways that we reconcile with the truth is to remove monuments erected by white supremacists to invest more fully in our children's future so they aren't having the same discussions 150 years later. >> the commission is expected to meet this month before it makes its recommendations on the monuments and its future. >>> still ahead, outrage with a dashcam video with police forcefully arresting a grandmother. one of those officers off the force tonight. >>> the major change starbucks is making after the controversial arrests in philadelphia. >>> back now with the outrage erupting after police officers pulled a 65-year-old mother out of her car, cursed at her and arrested her during a traffic stop outside atlanta. the incident caught on dashcam video and one of those officers have resigned. gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: the 65-year-old grandmother wailing in this dashcam video

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. >> reporter: when the assassination of martin luther king jr.tpouring of grief. >> persons have been treated for injuries, among them several policemen and firemen. >> reporter: protests ripped through dozens of cities. the nation's capital, washington, d.c., exploded into four days of fury. >> at one point early in the evening, more than 100 fires were burning, some of them in an area just 20 blocks from the white house. >> reporter: today a monument to the slain civil rights leader stands near the very spot where he led marches and prayed for nonviolent change, not far from the smithsonian's new african-american history museum. they are both tributes to the past, but also for many civil rights advocates, they are reminders too that the passionate calls for change in 1968 are echoing still. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> and don't miss "1968" tomorrow, 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. and thanks for being with me today. i'm frederica whitfield. the next hour of the cnn newsroom starts right after this. it's absolute confidence in 30,000

martin luther king jr.reporter: the royal couple chose britain's kingdom choir to sing a gospel rendition of "stand by me". ♪ stand by me >> reporter: 19-year-old cellist sheku kanneh-mason personally invited by meghan to perform. ♪ my colleague paula faris caught up with him after his once in a lifetime performance. >> it's always inspiring to perform in front of a diverse audience and an audience that reflects what we see on our streets and so that's really great. >> reporter: when you saw all of the people from so many nations, so many states from our own united states here represented it certainly did feel like a unifying ceremony. we know that the couple will continue business here, royal business, and delay their honeymoon, their first public appearance as husband and wife set for tomorrow at a garden party honoring prince charles. robin, back to you. >> they're getting right to work. adrienne, thanks so much. our dear friend cindi leive is here with us. you were with us on saturday. >> i was. >> back

martin luther king jr. once said, and i quote-- ns reporter: inspiring. amusing.mes confusing the crowd of british aristocrats and hollywood elite, with his blend of african american spirituals-- >> you just tell the love of jesus, how he died to save us all! b, that's the balm of gilead! >> reporter: --and folksy preaching. >> we'll sit down, we gotta get y'all married. >> reporter: you took the royals and the royal to church today? >> i hope so. really do. >> reporter: bishop michael curry, of the american episcopal church, is friends with the archbishop of canterbury, who suggested to the royal couple that they include him. today's sermon was the first shme he spoke to them. >> and when you talk to the couple, when you talk to their souls, you're gonna actually stumble on and talk to some other ones along the way. e> reporter: in this carefully choreographed wedding, regulated from head to toe-- hats to tails, that is-- >> that's fire. >> reporter: --curry's fiery passion was a breath of fresh air. all testament, he says, to this unique royal couple. >> these t

martin luther king jr. used to plan the selma march. a photographer here who wrote for life magazine at the time who was embedded in the house. he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair that dr. king was sitting in that night, watching that television. president johnson addressed the nation. >> a w

the book "chasing king's killer" is about the death of martin luther king jr. and his assassin james earl ray. the author james swanson was interviewed by "associated press" writer jesse holland. >> host: this is an absolutely fabulous book especially now that we are coming up on the 50th anniversary of the

martin luther king jr., used for his selma headquarters as he planned the march. it is featured in the book "the house by the side of the road." photographer here who worked for "life magazine" at the time and who was embedded in the house. he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing voting rights act. this is the chair dr. king was sitting in the night watching the television. president johnson addressed the nation. meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen talking about his book "marching through the flame." sunday among: 30 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930's and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement carried then, it is meant to the edmund pettus bridge, looking at the role it played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> anyone who got over this bridge would see this name and what evoke was the past and present coming together. watch c-span citie

martin luther king jr. used as his selma headquarters. it is featured in the book "the house by the side of the road." >> there was a photographer who was here who was embedded in the house and he wanted to capture dr. kings of emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair he was sitting in that night watching that television. address thehnson nation. >> we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen talking about his book "marching through the flames." we will also look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930's. >> this morning, a discussion of the net neutrality roles. rest of our lowest will join us rorup.along with brent sk later, michael massing, a contributor to the american prospect discusses the decline of local news coverage. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. "washington journal" ♪ morning.d it is saturday, may 19, 2018. this morning, the nati

martin luther king jr.as assassinated. >> the first brick went through a window of a store that would not hire african-americans. >> fires set by the rioters burned blocks of buildings to the ground. 50 years later resentment simmers. >> a tension. be conscious of it. >> reporter: over the last year, metro police have seen a 36% rise in use of force incidents. in 2016, d.c. police were involved in the deadly shooting of terrance sterling unarmed black man. which led to protests. in another high profile case an officer was photographed wearing a shirt with racist imagery. officers say police often feel the tension when they walk the beat. >> i was called names. it was, very uncomfortable. it was different. i couldn't understand why there was that conflict. and this is one of the reasons why this training is such a benefit. >> reporter: the officer worked in the shaw neighborhood. >> just knowing the history, the background, i hope that reverberates with the community, that they realize we want to know. >> re

. >> wednesday, but to be in prime time looks at martin luther king jr. and the civil rights movement. the journalist recounts the last wife of doctor king in his book, redemption. james swanson retraces events in chasing kings killer. then we discuss the history of the silver rights movement in the book, a more beautiful and terrible history. but to be in c-span2. >> "washington journal", live every day with new some policy issues that impact too. on wednesday morning, carrie johnson talks about rod rosenstein in his role of the justice department. then david pepper discusses his political fiction model and ohio's role in the upcoming 2018 and 2020 election. then cheryl on the state of journalism and media coverage of president trump. china set 9:00 a.m. eastern on high school teachers review sample questions for the advanced placement exam. >> sunday in q&a, author on his new book rocket men about the apollo eight mission to the mo moon. >> i didn't realize just what a major role the wives play. it is impossible to disregard it because it's mostly what t

offense, number of including the assassination of martin luther king jr., bobby kennedy, a president who said he would not be running for a second term all early in 68. leading up to this election in which you had hubert humphrey as the democratic nominee, you had richard nixon as the republican nominee, and you had a character that i introduced one or two weeks back, george wallace. running as an independent. richard nixon emerges from the election the winner. nixon comes from california. i told you some of this last week. in 1968 he seeks to make the south and integral part of his .lection plan he talks about america. he talks about a silent majority. the people who are not necessarily protesting in the streets or on college campuses. what emerges with this appeal to law and order. this appeal to a constituency that often turned out to be quite white and quite southern. ultimatelyncy that would become the core, the bedrock of nixon's rise and success again in 1972. shows the outcome of the 68 election. you will notice that in wins a wide swath across the upper south and all the way

you had a number of events, including the assassination of martin luther king jr., bobby kennedy, a president lyndon johnson who essentially said he would not be running for a second term, all early in 1968. leading up to the selection in which you had hubert humphrey as the democratic company, richard nixon as the republican nominee, and you had a character and individual i introduced a week or so back of course, george wallace, in this case 1960 running as an independent. in 1968 running as an independent. nixon emerges as the winner. nixon comes from southern california, and i told you some of this last week, a quaker background religiously, but in 1968 he seeks to make the south and integral part of his election plan, of his campaign. he talks about broadly america, and he talks about a silent people who are not necessarily out protesting in the streets or on college campuses. and ultimately what emerges with this appeal to law and order, this appeal to a constituency that often turned out to be ,uite white, and quite southern but a constituency that ultimately will become the core, the b

eastern on booktv we'll visit the home of martin luther king, jr. used in the headquarters. it is featured in the book, the house by the side of the road. >> there was a photograph here who worked for "life" magazine who was embedded in the house. he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair that dr. king was sitting in that night watching that television. president johnson addressed the nation. >> we'll meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen, talking about his book, "marching through the flame." on sunday, 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv we'll look at the voting rights movement that started in the 1930s and visit several locations around the town that were integral to the movement. then a visit to the edmund pettis bridge, looking at the royal the bridge played in selma before and after the battle for civil rights. >> they go over the bridge and see this name. what is evoked past and present come together. you have a modern bri

martin luther king junior and the civil rights movement. journalist joseph rosenblum recounts the last 31 hours of the life of martin luther king jr. in his book, redemption. jim swanson retraces events leading up to the assassination of martin luther king jr. in his book, chasing kings killer. the syrup or calling college discussing the history of the civil rights movement in her book, a more beautiful and terrible history. booktv at all this week in prime time on c-span2. >> the senate special 18 committee held a hearing on health and retirement strategies for older americans. they talked about avoiding medicare enrollment penalties or resources to learn about social security benefit and programs to promote healthy aging. this is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. the committee will come to order. for the next 12 years, 10,000 americans will turn 65 each day. last month, i officially joined that club. a median age, maine is the oldest state in the nation and is aging the most rapidly. mainers say 65 or older accounted for team play 4% of the population of the state in 2016. t

tonight on c-span2, booktv in primetime with a look at martin luther king jr. and the civil rights movement. journalist joseph rosenblum recounts the last 31 hours of the life of martin luther king jr. in his book, redemption. james swanson retraces events leading up to the assassination of martin luther king jr. in his book, chasing kings killer. medical science professor at brooklyn college, harris discusses the history of the civil rights movement in her book, a more beautiful and terrible history. booktv all this week in primetime on c-span2. >> monday on landmark cases. a case on capital punishment. greg vs. georgia. a murderer challenged his death sentence for his case and for other capital punishment cases were considered by the court. the supreme court ruled against him but established guidelines for states wishing to close the death penalty. our guest to discuss this is carol, one of the nations top capital punishment legal scholars and success at harvard law school. she has argued against the death penalty in a number of cases before the court. she was

martin luther king's assassination. >> this has been a fateful week in the history of our nation. we join with men of good will everywhere in paying our profound respects to the memory of dr. martin luther king jrof all men that we must unite in compassion in order to survive. >> the best picture nominee that year were genuine ly controversial and influential. movies like bonnie and clyde, the graduate, guess who's coming to dinner, in the heat of the night, trying to address racism. >> that what did they call you there? >> they called me mr. tibbs. >> in the heat of the night sydney poitier played a black man who was strong, smart, decisive. the movie takes place in the deep south. >> let me understand this. you two came here to question me? >> we were just trying to clarify some of the evidence. was mr. colbert ever in this greenhouse, say last night about midnight? >> this is 1968. you don't have black men hitting white men in movies and getting away with it and living to tell the tale, anyways and he does. >> there was a time when i could have had you shot. >> sydney pottier completely holds his own not just as an actor but the character virgil tibbs. at its core, it's a murder/mystery, but

secondly, when martin luther king jr. was in jail and dr. integration is right and segregation is wrong. when they told him, you need to be out here marching with us. racism has hurt not only people of color but poor white people who don't understand. if they tossed in with black and brown and red and yellow people, they would have a greater force for social justice than being divided. the viciousness of white supremacy it blocks the ability from working class white people from seeing an ally in black people. >> we really appreciate you guys having this conversation on "new day." we really appreciate you always coming on and being willing to talk about these tough issues. >> we'll be right back. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® but mania, such as unusualrder can changes in your mood,able. activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking about your treatment options. vraylar is approved for the acute treatment of manic or m

martin luther king jr. play this. >> the late dr. uote, we must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. when we do that, we will make of this old world a new world. for love, love is the only way. >> loved that. that was from 1957 from dr. king. his sermon, loving your enemies. why those lines if the civil rights icon? some people saw it as political. >> it was absolutely spiritual. what the ripple effects are, that's beyond me. but it was absolutely spiritual just as jesus of nazareth was spiritual. jesus picked up that cue from moses. >> the former chief strategist of the trump administration talked about dr. king to the bbc. watch this. >> donald trump has the lowest black unemployment in history. the lowest unemployment. if you look at the policies of donald trump, anybody, martin luther king would be proud of him and what he's done for the black and hispanic community. >> dr. king would be proud of donald trump? >> the lowest unemployment in recorded history? you don't think martin luther king would be proud? lo

martin luther king jr.itation worker strike the strike has turned into a major racial issue in memphis. >> we were an orderly march going up the main street. i was in the middle of it. and there was some unruly people no doubt, loud people. and i saw the police in a phalanx and said they're breaking this up. >> then suddenly a handful of men busting a window over here. >> chaos has just broken out downtown. negro youths are smashing windows. >> and i went back to king in the first rank and said, martin, the police up there are planning to break us up we're you're going to be a major target. so we're going to turn around and go back. >> that sound you just heard was the sound of tear gas fired by a police officer in an attempt to thwart this unruly demonstration. >> you will face arrest. we urge you to return to your homes immediately for your own safety. >> move! >> we must not allow the events of the day to cause us to let up. that would be a tragic error. >> there will be continued marches. we will not st

martin luther king, jr.n shot. >> when he arrived in indianapolis the authorities there asked him not to go. the crowd hadn't yet learned that king had been killed, but there were riots erupting elsewhere in response to it. and they were worried about his safety, and he insisted ongoing. >> the police tell him you can't go there. the mayor of the city says you can't go there, and he said, you know, i can go in there with my whole family and sleep in a tent on the street and be perfectly safe. and if the chief of police can't do that, that's his problem. >> he drives into the black ghetto in indianapolis. he jumps up on the back of a flatbed pickup truck. >> i have some very sad news for all of you, and i think sad news for all of our fellow citizens and people who love peace all over the world. and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight. >> there's this anguish, the reaction in the crowd. and he starts the speech. >> for those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with ha